Road Home

When Rex was outed the summer after he graduated high school, his father gave him a choice: he could stay at home, find a girlfriend, and attend church twice a week, or he could be gay--and leave. Rex left, driving toward the only other gay man he knew and a toxic relationship that would ultimately leave him homeless and desperate on the streets of New Orleans.

Here, Rex tells the story of his coming out and his father's rejection of his identity, navigating abuse and survival on the streets. Road Home is a devastating and incandescent reflection on Rex's hunger--for food, for love, and for a place to call home--completing the trilogy of memoirs that began with the award-winning Free Lunch.

Author: Rex Ogle
Publisher: Norton Young Readers
Published: 05/14/2024
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781324019923

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 554764 / Road Home

Award: Michael L. Printz Award - Honor Book
Award: Stonewall Book Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/12/2024
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2024
Shelf Awareness 05/17/2024
School Library Journal 06/01/2024 pg. 94
Booklist 07/09/2025

About the Author
Ogle, Rex: - Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, which won the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; Abuela Don't Forget Me, a finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; Punching Bag; and the novel >When We Ride. He lives in Los Angeles, California.